Standards, Accreditation, and Improvement -- Raising the Bar of Public Health Performance

Resources

North Carolina Local Health Department Accreditation Board

CDC National Public Health Performance Standards Program

Accreditation and the Public Health Commitment to a Healthy North Carolina
Accreditation from the perspectives of the six health departments that participated in the North Carolina Accreditation Pilot Program

CDC Office of Standards and Emerging Issues in Practice: State and Local Public Health Agency Accreditation

NACCHO’s Accreditation and Quality Improvement website

NACCHO’s Self-Assessment Tool for Accreditation (pdf)

Taking Care of Business: A collaboration to define local health department business processes (pdf)
From the Public Health Informatics Institute and the National Association of County and City Health Officials